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<p><i>Declarations</i> introduce (or re-introduce) names into the C++ program. Each kind of entity is declared differently. <a href="definition.html" title="cpp/language/definition">Definitions</a> are declarations that are sufficient to use the entity identified by the name. 
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<li> Attribute declaration (<span class="t-spar"><a href="attributes.html" title="cpp/language/attributes">attr</a></span> <code><b>;</b></code>) <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span>
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<p>Simple declaration is a statement that introduces, creates, and optionally initializes one or several identifiers, typically variables.
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<td> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">init-declarator-list</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <code><b>;</b></code>
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<td>  <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(C++11)</span>
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<td>  sequence of type specifiers including the type name. It is only optional in the declarations of constructors, destructors, and user-defined type <a href="cast_operator.html" title="cpp/language/cast operator">conversion functions</a>
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<td>  comma-separated list of <i>declarators</i> with optional <i>initializers</i>. Init-declarator-list is optional when declaring a named class/struct/union or a named enumeration
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="declarations.html%23Declarators"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Declarators</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="declarations.html%23Notes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li>
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<p><span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> is a sequence of the following whitespace-separated specifiers:
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<li> <a href="typedef.html" title="cpp/language/typedef">typedef specifier</a>. If present, the entire declaration is a <a href="typedef.html" title="cpp/language/typedef">typedef declaration</a> and each declarator introduces a new type name, not an object or a function.
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<li> previously declared typedef-name or type alias (optionally <a href="name.html%23Qualified_identifiers" title="cpp/language/identifiers">qualified</a>)
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<li> template name with template arguments (optionally <a href="name.html%23Qualified_identifiers" title="cpp/language/identifiers">qualified</a>, optionally using <a href="dependent_name.html" title="cpp/language/dependent name">template disambiguator</a>)
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<li> the keyword <a href="../keyword/class.html" title="cpp/keyword/class">class</a>, <a href="../keyword/struct.html" title="cpp/keyword/struct">struct</a>, or <a href="../keyword/union.html" title="cpp/keyword/union">union</a>, followed by template name with template arguments (optionally <a href="name.html%23Qualified_identifiers" title="cpp/language/identifiers">qualified</a>), optionally using <a href="dependent_name.html" title="cpp/language/dependent name">template disambiguator</a>), previously defined as the name of a class template.
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<li> the keyword <a href="../keyword/enum.html" title="cpp/keyword/enum">enum</a> followed by the identifier (optionally <a href="name.html%23Qualified_identifiers" title="cpp/language/identifiers">qualified</a>)), previously defined as the name of an enumeration.
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<li> <a href="dependent_name.html" title="cpp/language/dependent name">typename specifier</a>
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<li> <a href="cv.html" title="cpp/language/cv">cv qualifier</a>
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<dd>only one type specifier is allowed in a decl-specifier-seq, with the following exceptions:
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<dd>- <code>const</code> can be combined with any type specifier except itself.
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<dd>- <code>volatile</code> can be combined with any type specifier except itself.
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<dd>- <code>signed</code> or <code>unsigned</code> can be combined with <code>char</code>, <code>long</code>, <code>short</code>, or <code>int</code>.
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<dd>- <code>short</code> or <code>long</code> can be combined with <code>int</code>.
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<dd>- <code>long</code> can be combined with <code>double</code>.
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<p><a href="attributes.html" title="cpp/language/attributes">Attributes</a> may appear in decl-specifier-seq, in which case they apply to the type determined by the preceding specifiers.
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<span class="editsection">[<a href="http%3A//en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php" title="Edit section: Declarators">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Declarators">Declarators</span>
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<p><span class="t-spar">init-declarator-seq</span> is a comma-separated sequence of one or more <span class="t-spar">init-declarators</span>, which have the following syntax:
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<td> <span class="t-spar">declarator</span> <span class="t-spar">initializer</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span>
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<td> (1)
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<td>  <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>
</td>
<td> -
</td>
<td>  the declarator
</td>
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<td>  <span class="t-spar">initializer</span>
</td>
<td> -
</td>
<td>  optional initializer (except where required, such as when initializing references or const objects). See <a href="initialization.html" title="cpp/language/initialization">Initialization</a> for details.
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<p>Each <span class="t-spar">init-declaractor</span> in a init-declarator sequence <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S D1, D2, D3<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span> is processed as if it were a standalone declaration with the same specifiers: <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S D1<span class="sy4">;</span> S D2<span class="sy4">;</span> S D3<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span>.
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<p>Each declarator introduces exactly one object, function, or (for typedef declarations) type alias, whose type is provided by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> and optionally modified by operators such as <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span> (reference to) or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="br0">[</span><span class="br0">]</span></span></span> (array of) or <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span></span></span> (function returning) in the declarator. These operators can be applied recursively, as shown below,
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<p>A <span class="t-spar">declarator</span> is one of the following:
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<td> <span class="t-spar">identifier</span> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span>
</td>
<td> (1)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



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<td> <code><b>...</b></code> <span class="t-spar">identifier</span> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span>
</td>
<td> (2)
</td>
<td> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span>
</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
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<td> <code><b>*</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">cv</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>
</td>
<td> (3)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
</td>
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<td> <span class="t-spar">nested-name-specifier</span> <code><b>*</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">cv</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>
</td>
<td> (4)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="t-sdsc">
<td> <code><b>&amp;</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>
</td>
<td> (5)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="t-sdsc">
<td> <code><b>&amp;&amp;</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>
</td>
<td> (6)
</td>
<td> <span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span>
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
</td>
</tr>
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<td> <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> <code><b>[</b></code> <span class="t-spar">constexpr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <code><b>]</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span>
</td>
<td> (7)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
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<td> <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> <code><b>(</b></code> <span class="t-spar">parameter-list</span> <code><b>)</b></code> <span class="t-spar">attr</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">cv</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">ref</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <span class="t-spar">except</span>
</td>
<td> (8)
</td>
<td class="t-sdsc-nopad">
</td>
</tr>



<tr>
<td colspan="10" class="t-sdsc-sep">
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<span class="t-li">1)</span> The identifier that is declared. A declarator that consist of just an identifier, declares an object of exactly the type provided by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span>.</div>
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<span class="t-li">2)</span> <a href="parameter_pack.html" title="cpp/language/parameter pack">Parameter pack</a>, only appears in function parameter lists for variadic function templates.</div>
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<span class="t-li">3)</span> <a href="pointer.html" title="cpp/language/pointer">Pointer declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S <span class="sy2">*</span> D<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span> declares <code>D</code> as a pointer to the type determined by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> <code>S</code>.</div>
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<span class="t-li">4)</span> <a href="pointer.html" title="cpp/language/pointer">Pointer to member declaration</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S C<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="sy2">*</span>D<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span> declares <code>D</code> as a pointer to member of <code>C</code> of type determined by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> <code>S</code>. <span class="t-spar">nested-name-specifier</span> is a <a href="name.html%23Qualified_identifiers" title="cpp/language/identifiers">sequence of names and scope resolution operators <code><b>::</b></code></a>
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<span class="t-li">5)</span> <a href="reference.html" title="cpp/language/reference">Lvalue reference declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S <span class="sy3">&amp;</span> D<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span> declares the object <code>D</code> with type lvalue reference to the type determined by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> <code>S</code>.</div>
<div class="t-li1">
<span class="t-li">6)</span> <a href="reference.html" title="cpp/language/reference">Rvalue reference declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">S <span class="sy3">&amp;&amp;</span> D<span class="sy4">;</span></span></span> declares the object <code>D</code> with type rvalue reference to the type determined by <span class="t-spar">decl-specifier-seq</span> <code>S</code>.</div>
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<span class="t-li">7)</span> <a href="array.html" title="cpp/language/array">Array declarator</a>. <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> any valid declarator, but if it begins with *, &amp;, or &amp;&amp;, it has to be surrounded by parentheses.</div>
<div class="t-li1">
<span class="t-li">8)</span> <a href="function.html" title="cpp/language/function">Function declarator</a>. <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> any valid declarator, but if it begins with *, &amp;, or &amp;&amp;, it has to be surrounded by parentheses. Note that the outermost function declarator may end with the optional trailing return type. </div>
<p>In all cases, <span class="t-spar">attr</span> is an optional sequence of <a href="attributes.html" title="cpp/language/attributes">attributes</a>. When appearing immediately after the identifier, it applies to the object being declared.
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<p><span class="t-spar">cv</span> is a sequence of <a href="cv.html" title="cpp/language/cv">const and volatile</a> qualifiers, where either qualifier may appear at most once in the sequence.
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<td class="mbox-text" style="">This section is incomplete<br>Reason: explain declaration name hiding rules; how a variable/function declaration hides a class (but not a typedef) with the same name </td>
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<p>When a block declaration appears <a href="statements.html%23Compound_statement" title="cpp/language/statements">inside a block</a>, and an identifier introduced by a declaration was previously declared in an outer block, the <a href="scope.html" title="cpp/language/scope">outer declaration is hidden</a> for the remainder of the block. 
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<p>If a declaration introduces a variable with automatic storage duration, it is initialized when its declaration statement is executed. All automatic variables declared in a block are destroyed on exit from the block (regardless how the block is exited: via <a href="exceptions.html" title="cpp/language/exceptions">exception</a>, <a href="goto.html" title="cpp/language/goto">goto</a>, or by reaching its end), in order opposite to their order of initialization.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">class</span> C <span class="br0">{</span>
    <a href="../string/basic_string.html"><span class="kw1045">std::<span class="me2">string</span></span></a> member<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// decl-specifier-seq is "std::string"</span>
                        <span class="co1">// declarator is "member"</span>
<span class="br0">}</span> obj, <span class="sy2">*</span>pObj<span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy3">&amp;</span>obj<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// decl-specifier-seq is "class C { std::string member; }"</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "obj" defines an object of type C</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "*pObj(&amp;obj)" declares and initializes a pointer to C</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">1</span>, <span class="sy2">*</span>p <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a>, f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>pf<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// decl-specifier-seq is int</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator a=1 defines and initializes a variable of type int</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator *p=NULL defines and initializes a variable of type int*</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator (f)() declares (but doesn't define)</span>
<span class="co1">//                  a function taking no arguments and returning int</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator (*pf)(double) defines a pointer to function</span>
<span class="co1">//                  taking double and returning int</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>foo<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// decl-specifier-seq is int</span>
<span class="co1">// 1. declarator "(*(*foo)(double))[3]" is an array declarator:</span>
<span class="co1">//    the type declared is "/nested declarator/ array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 2. the nested declarator is "*(*foo)(double))", which is a pointer declarator</span>
<span class="co1">//    the type declared is "/nested declarator/ pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 3. the nested declarator is "(*foo)(double)", which is a function declarator</span>
<span class="co1">//    the type declared is "/nested declarator/ function taking double and returning</span>
<span class="co1">//        pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 4. the nested declarator is "(*foo)" which is a (parenthesized, as required by</span>
<span class="co1">//        function declarator syntax) pointer declarator.</span>
<span class="co1">//    the type declared is "/nested declarator/ pointer to function taking double</span>
<span class="co1">//        and returning pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 5. the nested declarator is "foo", which is an identifier.</span>
<span class="co1">// The declaration declares the object foo of type "pointer to function taking double </span>
<span class="co1">//     and returning pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// The initializer "= NULL" provides the initial value of this pointer.</span></pre></div></div>
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